1. |
Poor Girl
04:03
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Poor Girl
G C G
Autumn breezed in askin’ for answers
D off E/D
With a chill her words she pointed at me
G C G C
I said I ain’t done mucha nothin’
G C D G
But some how she blamed it all on me
Chorus
G D G
I don’t know I don’t care
Em C D
If that whistle don’t blow in my ear
G C G C
One day you’ll be old and I’ll be happy
G C D G
With no bad memories of you poor girl
I wasn’t there I swear it ain’t true
I didn’t do what you say I have done
All I can do is get past this freight train
And maybe see clearly when this is all thru
Chorus
Wonder why you say it’s all my fault
When I was most likely asleep in my tent
I judged you poorly I thought you were my friend
But maybe someday you’ll give it a chance
Chorus
I don’t know why you caused sucha raucous
All of your fried apologized
Why can’t you see that I did nothin’
Maybe someday you’ll give it a chance
Chorus
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2. |
Soul Scars
02:41
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Soul Scars
Capo 2
[G] Up in the hills with the sugar pine
That’s were I [C] saw the great di[G]vide
Between [C] folks on the [G] bush line
and the [D] hearts of the bona [G] fide
[G] Riding high up on the saddle
That’s where I [C] like to spend my [G] time
But I’m up the [C] creek without a [G] paddle
stuck on the [D] road hauling over[G]time
[G] That’s where I [C] found my con[G]fusion
and when I [C] lost my state of [G] mind
I thought it [C] was an il[G]lusion
but my [D] soul it came un[G]twined
[G] Across the plains and prairies
Among the [C] heath and blazing [G] stars
I remembered [C] times that were less [G] crazy
when my [D] friends they had no [G] scars
Chorus
[G] When the wind swept the desert
And the [C] sage it burned so [G] hot
I eased my [C] pain in the [G] river
All my [D] worries I for[G]got
Chorus
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3. |
Roanoke
03:23
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Roanoke
C
Go on down to Garst Mill
G C
Where the wa-ter - cuts in deep
C
Snow banks along that sliding hill
G C
Those old memories I want to keep
F C
I can fell the heart of Roanoke
G C
Southern light form the Star is on my mind
F C
On the porch I could sit with Big Lick folk
G C
Where we would get lost in old times
C
Come on down to Brambleton
G C
For some pulled-pork - from the Coffee Pot
C
Who remembers Mount Vernon?
G C
The school for the Windsor lot
Drive on down Electric Road
Passed the old family church
To meet the Spartans of Oak Grove
And swing on that old Birch
Take a left on Grandin
It will lead you to Mudlick
Through wonderings of all my kin
Not a one lives in Big Lick
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4. |
It'll All Be Over Soon
03:42
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CAPO 1
[G] [C] [D]
[G] In those times when you feel you can’t [D] take no more
And your [G] ready to pull out a [D] teeth
Turn a[C]round and [D] open [G] another [C] door
And re[D]member to always [G] breath
[G] [C] [D]
[G] I can’t remember the last time I [D] saw your face
But you [G] must of worn this same [D] smile
Cause I [C] do re[D]call this [G] feeling’s [C] trace
When you [D] took everything at the [G] trial
[G] It’ll [C] all be over [D] soon
Keepin’ [G] time by the light of the [C] moon
If your [D] frettin’ in a moment of anguish
Just hold [C] on it’ll [D] all be over [G] soon
[G] [C] [D]
Chorus break
[G] [C] [D]
[G] Your dark past isn’t tied to [D] time or reason
You can [G] make your life most any[D]thing
Send a [C] winter [D] storm into [G] any sea[C]son
And [D] make those old memories [G] sing
ChorusX2
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5. |
What Matters
03:26
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What Matters
Capo 5
C
What is it that matters to me?
G
Amelia she wanted to see
C Am
I didn’t have to think to hard
G C
I love my backyard
C
What is it that I care about?
G
A rhythm that I can beat out
C Am
And family to sing along
G C
And hard work to make me feel strong
G C
Amelia thanks for asking
G C
I’m glad to see that you care
G C
Amelia thanks for asking
Am C G
I’m sending you a prayer
What is that I’d like to see?
The world with many more trees
Lakes as clean as your heart
And Oh man do I love to fart
What is it that matters to me?
Fresh air oh that cool breeze
Flowers by a mountain stream
And I love a good scream
What is it that I wish for?
An end to all this war
You know I love a good laugh
And yes I want a Giraffe
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6. |
Summer Days
05:32
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Summer Day (A story of childhood lost)
C F C
All along the green tree line
C G C
Is where we used to spend our time
F C G
In the fields we used to climb
G F C
Running in the pines
Now the fields are covered with hot blacktop
And the trees replaced with a traffic cop
All the kids they sit inside
From the blistering sun they hide
G Dm G
What ever happened to the summer day when just outside we used to play
G Dm Am Dm
Down by the rippling creek we’d stay until the sun went down all the way
Am Dm Am Dm Am G Am G
all the way
Am G C
What ever happened to the summer day
Way down by the old spring mill
Or running deep into the rolling hills
As Cowboys and Indians we played our brand
Of make believe across the land
Now the spring is covered with warning signs
And the games replaced with a media shrine
All the kids they watch T.V.
From the simple old fun they flee
Chorus
We bounced 4-square in the quiet street
Climbed the oaks in our dirty bare feet
Spent all night in the old tree fort
But for supper we’d report
Now the road is loud with screaming cars
And the lights to bright to see the stars
All the kids they are flying high
From Ritalin not their climb
Chorus
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7. |
Runaway
04:00
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[G] [D] [C] [D] [G]
[G] Ninety miles away from my [D] home
Oh my [C] Mama said, “Why you [D] have to [G] go?”
[G] Ninety miles away from my [D] home
Oh yes [C] Daddy said, “Don’t do [D] nothin’ [G] wrong!”
[G] I made my [D] life
A whole new [G] me
[G] I found a [D] wife
[C] I [D] should be [G] free
In this [C] world I [D] built to geta[G]way
Yes I [C] was a [D] young dumb runa[G]way
[G] My memories never felt like my [D] own
I was [C] living with an [D] old borrowed [G] soul
[G] My memories never felt like my [D] own
I was [C] wandering [D] like a stray [G] foal
chorus
[G] After a long run I’m going [D] home
Feels like [C] I never left or it even [D] crossed my [G] mind
[G] After a long run I’m going [D] home
Where I found a [C] piece of me, I had [D] left be[G]hind
G] I made my [D] life
[D] A whole new [G] me
[G] I found my [D] wife
[C] I [D] can be [G] free
I had to go [C] so [D] I could be [G] free
to dis[C]cover what [D] constituted [G] me
Yes I [C] was a [D] young dumb runa[G]way
I was [C] just a [D] young dumb runa[G]way
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8. |
Adriatic Eyes
04:41
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Adriatic Eyes
[C]
[G] When she was young [F] she rode through the [C] lemon groves
[G] Her Tawny horse [F] raced cross the [C] tilled rows [G]
[F] I can see her there [C] riding in the [F] pale sunrise
[G] With the California dust [F] in her [G] Adriatic [C] eyes
Fashioned by the crown and a humble prairie man
Picking strawberries from the Oxnard Plain
I can her there turning her fingers red
With the pacific fog cooling her sweet bay hair
[Am G F G]
The [F] Color of the [C] Sea
The [F] Color of the [C] Sea
[F] Her Adriatic [G] Eyes they [C] be
She discovered the world along the central coast
Exploring every petal of the spring flower shows
I can she her there smiling at the fresh Lupines
With the washed western sky painted on her freckled skin
We first met in forest of the Angels
We swam in the waters of the Big Tujungas
I can see us there building rock cairns
With the Alders high above our lusting heads
We settled by the shore along the breakwaters
In the Harbor City we had our Daughter
I can see her there growing each day in size
With California dust in her Adriatic Eyes
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9. |
My First Lover
04:52
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My First Lover
Part A:
G C
The soft bloom of her tender heart
G D
seared my eyes and tore me apart
G C
the kindness of her alluring smile
G D
cut to my soul and burned for awhile
G C
The siren call of her fawn skin eyes
G D G
scarred my skin and wouldn’t compromise
Part B:
G C
From across the room at her I stared
G D
the first time my heart had ever cared
G C
my raging pulse beat I my eyes
G D G
she looked back at me and that was my demise
Part C:
G C G
Oh yes she was my first lover
G C G
Oh yes she was why my heart it flared
G C G
Oh Yes she was my first lover
G D G
But she never even knew I cared
Part A:
G C
The stony gaze of her gelid heart
G D
seared my eyes and tore me apart
G C
The callous gun of her steely smile
G D
cut my soul and burned for awhile
G C
The careless grin of her surly eyes
G D G
scarred my skin and wouldn’t compromise
Part B:
G C
She whispered at me ‘why you lookin’ for”
G D
I raised up and declared “I’m lookin’ for the door
G C
The room it throbbed and my eyes they blurred
G D G
My love looked at me and I couldn’t say another word
Part C:
REPEAT
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10. |
What We Where
03:45
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What We Were
[Am] [F] [C] [G]
[Am] [F] [C] [G]
[Am] [F] [C] [G]
[Am] I don’t think I [F] even re[C]member her [G] name
[Am] but I know the [F] exact shade of her [C] wooden bed[G]frame.
[C] I don’t re[G]call much of [F] what she [G7] said
[Am] but her tender [F] lilting voice took [C] harbor in my [G] head.
[F] Yes at times I [C] wonder [G7] where she [Am] is
[F] and what if I [C] didn’t leave and [G] what she [Am] says
about [G] what we were
about [C] what we were
And [G] yes sometimes I [G7] think about [C] her
[Am] [F] [C] [G]
I never told her how beautiful she was
I was too afraid to share myself and all my flaws
But I could see how she felt about me
I saw her soul in her clear blue eyes, more vivid than the sea
Chorus
Verse Break
I can see the sun through her morning window
across that wet tobacco field the wind would blow
The smell of her hair and her soft dulcet skin
Calmed and soothed my rough and squally waters within
Chorus
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11. |
Hurricane Danny
03:58
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Hurricane Danny
G
My grey tent is sodden
G
My grey tent is sodden
D
in the wet sand
G
Black snake on the red clay
C G
Like the Muddy Rio Grande
My home on the river
My home on the river
my summer on the lamb
no high ground here today
when the flooding breaks the Dam
C G
Stop your rising water
C G
stop that climbing I pray
C G
I never will meet my daughter
D G
if it don’t stop raining today
It’s 1997
It’s1997
you rage across the sky
you made landfall on the gulf coast
you grew southern the rivers high
rain in Alabama
oh rain in Alabama
four died where the peaches grow
Carolina now has young ghosts
ain’t no where your wind won’t blow
chorus
more rain in Virginia
tornadoes in Virginia
in piedmont you hover and twirl
that trucker lost his big-rig
you killed that poor little Charlotte girl
Hurricane Danny
Oh Hurricane Danny
adrift went my home
my last gasping big swig
floating in Rivanna foam
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12. |
Green Valley Girl
04:30
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Green Valley Girl
[C] I first saw her [F] in the [C] sunrise
A [F] daughter with no [C] sire
She stood so [F] tall and she[C]he smiled [G] harder
Her [Am] mama couldn’t [G] fill the [C] lauder
[C}I remember [F] when I [C] meet her
Out [F] front diggin’ [C] tatters
Wearing [F] boots and a [C] flowered [G] sundress
She asked [Am] me to please [G] pardon her [C] mess
Chorus:
[C] All I said was, I don’t [G] mind
Baby I don’t [F] mind
You’re so [Dm] beautiful
I don’t [C] mind
She showed me all her troubles
And we made good lovers
Running naked in the mountain dust
Polishing love from a statue of rust
One day she, had to tell me
With her smile a little shaky
I don’t know what life, it can be
And tomorrow I’m leaving Green Valley
Chorus
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